“Death looms large I guess because it should. It's the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It's the only thing we've really got, and I don't mean to sound bleak about this, but it's a unifying factor amongst us all.” ShouldHumansMeanSoundHuman BeingsOne ThingBirthFactorsBleakUnifying Author:Nick Cave
“Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth Of all sweet sounds the life and element!” SoulLightEarthSoundVoiceIssuesSweetBirthElementsGloryFairsCloudsLuminous Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Fairy folk a-listening Hear the seed sprout in the spring, And for music to their dance Hear the hedgerows wake from trance, Sap that trembles into buds Sending little rhythmic floods Of fairy sound in fairy ears. Thus all beauty that appears Has birth as sound to finer sense And lighter-clad intelligence.” LittlesSoundListeningBirthSpringEarsFolksSeedsFairyFloodBudLightersSapTranceSproutsHedgerows Book:Daniel Deronda: Easyread Edition Source: Daniel Deronda: Easyread Edition
“The birth certificate of the royal baby lists her parents' occupations as being 'the prince and princess of the United Kingdom.' It says that under occupation, which I guess sounds better than 'unemployed.'” ParentSoundUnitedBabyBirthListsKingdomsOccupationPrincessRoyalUnemployedCertificatesUnited KingdomBirth Certificate Author:Conan O'Brien
“Some of the best indicators of a country developing along the right lines are healthy mothers giving birth to healthy children who are assured of good care and a sound education that will enable them to face the challenges of a changing world.” WorldGivingChildrenCountryCareFacesMotherSoundChallengesLinesBirthHealthyDevelopingAssuredGiving BirthIndicatorsHealthy Children Book:Letters From Burma: Source: Letters From Burma:
“For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions.” IfsKnowsWantGivingMayMomentsHandsSoundChanceAcceptingMusicBirthMusicianJazzNotesLeavingTinyHolesImpressionIntenseBitterMelody Author:Jean-Paul Sartre